United in Exile, Reunited in Restoration: The Chronicler's Agenda

by Jordan Guy

The books of 1-2 Chronicles, though ostensibly a history work recounting the past, is in reality a challenge to its fourth-century Jewish audience in Babylonia to make a vital decision about their future. They are presented with the choice of remaining in exile, where they have been born, or of uprooting themselves and travelling to their ancestral but unknown land.

By introducing unique accounts of exile, such as that of the Reubenite leader...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1910928569
• ISBN13: 9781910928561
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Sheffield Phoenix Press Ltd
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"